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by Forechecker on 10/30/08 at 04:19 PM ET
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From the Nashville Predators PR staff:
Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced today that the club has acquired forward Hugh Jessiman from the New York Rangers in exchange for future considerations, and defenseman Tim Ramholt from the Philadelphia Flyers for forward Josh Gratton.
Jessiman, 24 (3/28/84), was the Rangers’ first pick (12th overall) in the 2003 Entry Draft held at the Sommet Center. The 6-6, 231-pound right wing has spent the past three-plus seasons with Hartford (AHL) and Charlotte (ECHL), amassing 119 points (57g-62a) in 217 professional games. A season ago, he posted AHL career highs in goals (18), assists (24), points (42), games played (71) and penalty minutes (154) with Hartford. The New York, N.Y., native played three seasons at Dartmouth (ECAC) before joining the Rangers.
Ramholt, 23 (11/2/84), was also selected in the 2003 Entry Draft, being selected in the second round (39th overall) by Calgary. The 6-1, 195-pound blueliner played his first two North American professional seasons in 2006-07 and 2007-08 with the Flames AHL affiliates in Omaha and Quad City, and appeared in one game with Calgary on Nov. 29, 2007. The Zurich, Switzerland native was traded to the Philadelphia organization on June 30, 2008, and has played seven games for the Philadelphia Phantoms in 2008-09. Prior to playing in the AHL, Ramholt spent three seasons (2001-03, 04-05) playing in Switzerland, and spent the 2003-04 season with Cape Breton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
This is hardly a blockbuster, but as I gather more information about the players involved I’ll update this post.
About Tim Ramholt: Apparently Poile is cornering the market on Swiss defensemen. Hopefully he hasn’t been watching that NHL Network commercial about Swiss cheese defense too much. The Five Hole Fanatics (dynamite Calgary blog) were glad to see him traded to Philadelphia earlier this year after “the Tim Ramholt experiment came to a merciful end.”
About Hugh Jessiman: As the Ranger Pundit noted, Jessiman is the only member of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft’s 1st round not to dress for an NHL game yet.
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Ramholt seemed to regress over the years. Guy was a good Junior player, but his decision to go back to his homeland and play just killed his development.
He’s nothing more than a merely adequate AHLer at this point.
Posted by Kent from http://fiveholefanatics.blogspot.com on 10/30/08 at 05:12 PM ET